---
type: "Bill"
title: "Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk."
description: "Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1836"
citation: "Virginia HB 1836 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/270be065-4844-4d82-99fd-96319d9b3d01"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1836"
source_hash: "be9756a79c183f7455c968e6672d7e64a68ccb6e7b9287d90de46ad65844a579"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1836 (2023) — Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0442** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0442)
2. **HB1836ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1836ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104063D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1836)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (67-Y 31-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104063D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate amendments agreed to by House (67-Y 31-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (67-Y 31-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1836ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/270be065-4844-4d82-99fd-96319d9b3d01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).